Image credit - Valerie Hendrickson
Grand Valley community welcomes more than 5,200 Lakers to campus
Aug 23, 2021
Thousands of students are moving to campus this week, meeting their roommates and hanging decorations.
More than 5,200 Lakers will move into on-campus housing before classes begin August 30. President Philomena V. Mantella greeted students, parents and supporters as they arrived on the Allendale Campus.
“It's great to see campus coming to life as students move into their living centers," Mantella said. "It's such an exciting time to be at Grand Valley.”
President Philomena V. Mantella and B. Donta Truss, left, vice president
for Enrollment Development and Educational Outreach, greet students and
their supporters during move-in.
Image credit - Valerie Hendrickson
Volunteers are a key part of move-in and they have been out in force to help haul belongings and answer questions. The Helping Hands program organized by Housing and Residence Life includes students, faculty, staff members, administrators and alumni.
Move-in continues through August 25; also on that day, Transitions, GVSU's orientation program for new students, will begin.
The week concludes with Convocation, which will commemorate the start of the new academic year. This year's ceremony will take place at 11:30 a.m. August 27 at the Fieldhouse Arena on the Allendale Campus. Face coverings will be required for all in attendance.
Alumni volunteers assist in carrying students' belongings up the steps
to their rooms in Weed Living Center on Grand Valley State University’s
Allendale Campus August 22.
Image credit - Kendra Stanley-Mills
Image credit - Valerie Hendrickson
Image credit - Valerie Hendrickson
Image credit - Valerie Hendrickson
Freshmen arrive to campus and begin to unpack their belongings.
Image credit - Valerie Hendrickson
Cars file into campus to bring students to their housing assignments.
Image credit - Amanda Pitts
Laker Familia members Dary Muenala, left, and Viviana Rubio, right, wave signs welcoming students and supporters as they move into Grand Valley State University Sunday, August 22.
Image credit - Kendra Stanley-Mills
Freshmen, including Brianna Kelley, center, arrive on campus and begin to unpack their belongings outside of Hills Living Center on Grand Valley State University’s Allendale Campus August 22.
Image credit - Kendra Stanley-Mills
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